(Railroads) Broadside, 21 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (Peoria, Ill.: Transcript Printing Hosue, [n.y.]), headed “THE MIDLAND ROUTE! VIA Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw R’y… this is also the Shortest & Quickest Route between Keokuk and Chicago.” more…
(Railroads) Broadside, 21 x 6 3/4 in. (St. Louis: Con. P. Curran Printing Co., [n.y.]) advertising “Low Rate Homeseekers’ EXCURSION via FRISCO SYSTEM TO POINTS IN Oklahoma, Indian Territory, more…
Stanton had served under Sherman as paymaster for the Army of the Tennessee from 1863 to 1864.
Light soiling, else fine condition.
(EXA 4251) SOLD.
(Theatrical History) A very unusual piece, a 23 x 21 in. souvenir autograph album “quilt,” being a swatch of blue denim bearing numerous signatures of Broadway greats of the turn of the century. According to the accompanying letter of provenance, the piece was the property of Mary Sullivan, a wardrobe seamstress who worked for John Barrymore and playwright, Edward Shelton. Sullivan had famous actors of the period sign her quilt in pencil, many of which she artfully embroidered over (but not all) circa 1901-1902. The signatories include Eleanora DUSE, Mary MANNERING Viola ALLEN, John DREW, Ethel BARRYMORE, Ignace PADEREWSKI, Jan KUBELIK, [Mrs.] Leslie CARTER, William GILLETTE, Maud ADAMS, William FAVERSHAM, and Julia MARLOWE. The denim swatch has been affixed to a mat and simply framed.
Some light toning and soiling, else very good.
(EXA 3914) SOLD.
Margaret BOURKE-WHITE (1904 – 71) Gelatin silver print, New Deal, Montana: Fort Peck Dam, 1936, 15 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. on a 20” x 16” mount. Signed and inscribed by the photographer at the bottom right “For John Bryson — the knowingist — with affection Maggie Bourke-White”
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[Ambrose BURNSIDE] A lovely and crisp 9th plate ambrotype of the Union general in uniform leaning on a cane. Housed in a patriotic brass mat more…
(Circus & Magic) A whimsical and very attractive 29 1/2 x 43 in. poster for “THE GREAT CHANG AND FAK- HONG’S UNITED MAGICIANS” who “PRESENTS” “THE NOE ARK”. (Valencia: Lit. Hija de E. Mirabet, [1920]). more…
(Robert LeRoy Parker, “Butch Cassidy” and Harry Alonzo Longbaugh, “The Sundance Kid”) (1846 – 1923) Typed Letter Signed in a secretarial hand, 2pp. 10 1/2 x 8 in. on Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency letterhead, St. Paul, Minn., 1 October 1901, with original transmittal envelope addressed in Pinkerton’s hand to the Missoula County, Mont. Sheriff concerning the whereabouts of Butch Cassidy’s gang who had been implicated in the Great Northern Express robbery of 3 July 1901.
Pinkerton forwards the Montana authorities a circular [not present] which offered “… a large reward for the bandits.” Pinkerton adds some additional intelligence on the possible whereabouts of the gang: “… The following is a copy of a letter from Missoula, which reached me only a few days ago; the information is consequently nearly a month old: ‘Homer Algers, miner from North Fork of the Clearwater, in Drummond today, saw photos of G. N. Ry. train robbers in depot. Says he has seen and talked with them on North Fork of Clearwater August 16th and that they ROBBED the sluice boxes of Wolf Mining company and shot at them about 20 miles form Iron Mountain and that they are still in that neighborhood and can be found by applying to Mr. Wolfs Camp…’” Pinkerton adds that “Algers positively affirms that Harry Longbaugh shot at him to scare him away from the camp; that the other two parties in the circular were with him, but Harry Logan alias ‘Kid’ Curry had his beard shaved off; and on Sept. 12th the parties were still in camp on North Fork of Clearwater. They have plenty of wine and are having a good time… Presuming that you have Deputies in different parts of your territory, we thought possibly that on account of the large reward, this information would be of interest to you…”
Letters and documents concerning the last escapades of Butch Cassidy’s gang just before Parker and Longbaugh fled to Argentina are extremely rare, making much of the history of their final months in the United States quite murky and sometimes contradictory. Some accounts have Parker leaving the United States for Argentina in February 1901, months before the Great Northern Express robbery. Other popular accounts place Parker in Montana on the day of the train robbery and fleeing to South America soon afterwards. It appears that the Pinkertons were convinced of the former.
Some light toning and marginal wear, usual folds, else near fine.
(EXA 4272) SOLD.
(Aviation) A 1931 8 x 11 in sepia photograph depicting the Graf Zeppelin affixed to the mooring mast of the Empire State Building. Housed in an ornate presentation folder, the facing flap bears an inscription from a German tourist: <i Inscribed only two weeks after the official opening of the Empire State Building on 1 May 1931. more…
(African American History) Broadside, 11 1/2 x 9 in. (sight) Germantown, [N.C.], 8 December 1858 advertising a “SALE OF VALUABLE Negroes & Land. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Equity of Forsyth County … I shall offer at public sale in Germantown, on Monday the 11th day of January, 1858, 14 Likely Negroes, belonging to the estate of Dr. William W. Stedman, dec’d., consisting of GIRLS AND BOYS, MEN AND WOMEN, ALL YOUNG AND LIKELY. These are a choice lot of negroes, and among which are some GOOD COOKS and NURSES… “ The auctioneer, D. H. Starbuck was also offering, from the same estate “THREE TRACTS OF LAND”. A superb example with good, dark printing. Matted and framed.
Creases, some minor soiling at a pin hole at top center, else fine condition overall.
(EXA 4064) SOLD.
